Lira and Hoima to join other districts in Uganda in Livestock and Pig Value Chain Improvement of the CGIAR A pig value chain program under CGIAR Livestock and Fish Research program in Uganda through the Irish Aid-funded project is extending a pig busines... 19/10/2015
Training on FMD Control Takes Place in Uganda An outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) mid 2014 in Uganda put the country’s preparedness to test necessitating intervention from FAO-Uganda an... 19/10/2015
Kenya Livestock Insurance Program Pilot to start in October 2015 Kenya’s State Department of Livestock in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries has finally announced the start of implementation of... 19/10/2015
Increasing Competition for Market Share in the Dairy Industry in Kenya-New KCC Looses Its Market Share to Githunguri Dairies Historically, market share of dairy products in Kenya has been dominated by two giant processors: Brookside which is privately owned and the State-... 19/10/2015
Informal Milk Sub-sector in Kenya to be regulated Lack of regulation in the informal milk market in Kenya will be a thing of the past with introduction of regulations to govern it. Recognizing that... 19/10/2015
SADC to Harmonize Livestock Regulations among Partner States Member States of SADC including Tanzania, just like COMESA resolved to harmonize livestock regulation and collectively accelerating prevention and... 19/10/2015
Improved breeds of Goats and Sheep as a coping mechanism against climate change for Small-scale farmers and Pastoral Herders According to scientists working with the ‘Small ruminants’ project of ILRI, improved breeding of small ruminants provides a better pathway for enha... 19/10/2015
Impact of ILRI’s IBLI and the role of Public and Private Sector in Upscaling of Livestock Insurance in Kenya In a workshop hosted by the Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) project of ILRI in Nairobi Kenya in June 2015, participants were informed of the... 19/10/2015
Milk glut results in reduced prices for Kenyan dairy farmers by Giant Processors Readily available fodder owing to bountiful rain during the March-May season has resulted in equally plentiful milk output in Kenya, a situation t... 19/10/2015
Regional Livestock Policy Framework for COMESA Countries Validated Experts and officials from the livestock ministries in COMESA Member Countries convened in Lusaka, Zambia in early July 2015 to validate a comprehe... 19/10/2015